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The controversy has also brought sexual misconduct allegations against him back into focus

Veteran Tamil poet Vairamuthu's Jnanpith Award win has ignited controversy. Singer Chinmayi Sripada, who previously accused him of sexual misconduct, voiced strong criticism, questioning the accolades from industry figures like Rajinikanth and Kamal Haasan. She highlighted the impact of #MeToo allegations and the silencing of victims, expressing disappointment over the recognition.

Noted Tamil writer d jayakanthan was conferred with the 38th Jnanpith Award by President Kalam.

NEW DELHI/CHENNAI: Noted Tamil writer d jayakanthan was on Saturday chosen for the prestigious Jnanpith award for 2002.

Writer and Jnanpith awardee d jayakanthan has been admitted to a private hospital in the city after he developed uneasiness.

While many are likely to quit after a few attempts, Balanagendran D, a blind candidate from the city cracked the civil services exam in his ninth attempt, bagging the 659th rank. “In this technological era, challenges don’t stop you,” he said.

Traffic, one of the much-discussed films in Mollywood which has earned critical acclaim besides an impressive run at the BO, has for long been "under discussion" to show up in its Hindi version.

I was working on three projects — Indian 2, Aranmanai 3 and Yaadhum Oore Yaavarum Kelir — before the lockdown, says Vivekh.

Tamil has a gravity of expression not found in any language, Russian Tamil scholar Alexander Mikhailovich Dubyanskiy had observed while presenting papers on Tolkappiyam and Silapathikaram at the World Tamil conference in Coimbatore in 2010. Last Wednesday the 79-year-old passed away in Moscow after battling with coronavirus, leaving a void in the Tamil academic fraternity.

In a major shuffle, the city corporation commissioner Raja Gopal Sunkara has transferred 21 assistant and junior engineers and 23 sanitary officers in all the five zones.

During the initial days of lockdown, Vivekh said it it hadn’t affected his daily routine except his early-morning exercise in Besant Nagar

Bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and actor Akshay Kumar were among the 62 personalities who received the Padma awards on Tuesday.

Tamil magazine Kalachuvadu celebrated its landmark hundredth issue, a rare achievement for an alternative magazine publishing in the language, with daylong events on Saturday.

Adyar resident R Sivaraman stood at a bus stop without shelter on General Patters Road for 20 minutes for a 23C bus on rainy Friday afternoon. Finally, when the bus came at 2.20pm, he couldn’t get in, as it was packed.

M S Dhoni, Aishwarya, Akshay Kumar, Abhinav Bindra, Anil Kakodkar, G Madhavan Nair and Sister Nirmala are among this year's Padma awardees.